Jazz Articles about Jay Beckenstein
About Jay Beckenstein
Instrument: Saxophone
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Take Five with Jay Beckenstein

by Mark Scoop Malinowski
Status: Jazz artist. Founding member of the group Spyro Gyra. DOB: May 14, 1951 In: Brooklyn, N.Y. First Jazz Memory: I met Cannonball Adderley when I was 12. He did a school performance around where I lived and I was just blown away." Inspirations: The greats of jazz. My mother [Lorraine] was an opera singer and my father [Leonard] was a huge jazz fan, he just loved jazz. He turned me on ...
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